Natural Childbirth after Cesarean : A Practical Guide Book

Since 1965 the rate of cesarean births in the United States has increased more than fivefold. Today an estimated 23% of women giving birth in this country will undergo cesarean surgery. About one-third or 300,000 of these cesareans are performed solely because the woman has had a previous cesarean, even though medical evidence has demonstrated the safety, for both mother and baby, of natural birth in the vast majority of these cases. What can a woman do to increase her chances of having a natural birth? Karis Crawford and Johanne C. Walters show you in their important new book, Natural Childbirth After Cesarean: A Practical Guide. The authors' special insight into the issue of vaginal birth after cesarean VBAC comes from their professional backgrounds in childbirth education and obstetric nursing and from their personal experiences as mothers who both have had natural births after two cesareans. In Natural Childbirth After Cesarean they offer a medically sound, step-by-step plan for pregnancy, labor, and birth that is tailored to the specialized needs of the woman who has experienced the pain of a cesarean.

The book contains black-and-white illustrations.